There is a lot you can accomplish as a missionary in a foreign country without knowing the local language. However, there’s something to be said about the special connection that is forged when you speak in someone’s native tongue. There is a deeper level of empathy on your part, and a stronger sense of trust […]
Working with a missions movement on a large campus, I get to wet my feet with a lot of different departments. My main role is to offer sound Biblical teaching and training to missionaries, leaders and pastors both locally and overseas. However, because the YWAM campus is run completely by volunteers, it means that sometimes […]
‘“About this time next year,” Elisha said, “you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord!” she objected. “Please, man of God, don’t mislead your servant!” But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.’ …he was […]
Bob Goff in Love Does says that he quits something every Thursday. While that’s admirable and I wish Bob Goff was my very cool uncle, I’m not sure it’s a necessarily good philosophy. If I am quitting something every Thursday then it probably means that I am continuing to pick up a whole lot of […]
I rarely wear earrings. But when I do, I often forget to take them off. Today, I glanced in the mirror and noticed that one of my fake pearl earrings was missing from my ear. These earrings were not anything fancy, but they were one of three pairs that I actually wear. Thus started the […]
As usual, there was someone more beautiful who was going to win. It was over – again. The hope, unspoken, barely admitted, though thoroughly wrestled through, fell away like it had so often done before. As usual, there was someone more beautiful who was going to win. And no measure of compliments from my friends […]
I believe God created humanity to function as a unit. The Bible refers to the church as a body with many parts. Humans were built with the insatiable need for community and healthy social relationships. Science supports this idea. Chronic, long-term loneliness increases your likelihood for early mortality by as much as 26% (Holt-Lunstad, 2015). […]
I’m a youth ministry person through and through. I have absolutely loved getting to walk with several youth as they have wrestled through what it means to follow Jesus and know who He has made them to be. Recently though, I have found myself drawn to a very different crowd — senior citizens. For the […]
2011 was the year that YWAM changed everything. 2017 was the year I learned why. I had a nagging voice in my mind telling me that there was more to living as a Christian than simply being one. I once was a very condensed person who had a very condensed view of God. I had […]
I’ve heard it suggested that marriage is the only place you can attain full intimacy with God. It seems that because Christian covenant marriage is the concession for full, and hopefully safe, expression of one’s sexuality, it is synonymously the epitome of intimacy. However, I do not believe this is true. Let me try to […]
